"The White House accompanied the announcement with a video purporting to show the strike. In the black-and-white clip, a boat can be seen traveling in the water as a missile strikes it directly, engulfing it in flames: 🇺🇸 ON VIDEO: U.S. Military Forces conducted a strike against Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the U.S. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. pic.twitter.com/iszHE0ttxQ- The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 2, 2025"
"On Friday, the Post published a staggering report, alleging that after the federal government's first strike on alleged drug traffickers on September 2, Hegseth ordered Seal Team 6 members to kill everyone aboard the boat, leaving no survivors: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. "The order was to kill everybody," one of them said. A missile screamed"
On September 2, President Donald Trump wrote on social media that U.S. military forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility, killing 11. The White House released a black-and-white video purporting to show a missile striking a boat transporting illegal narcotics in international waters. Trump warned others not to bring drugs into the United States. A subsequent report alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive ordering SEAL Team 6 members to kill everybody aboard the boat, leaving no survivors. Details about the operation and corroborating evidence remain contested.
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